Former FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke suspended from football activities for 12 years – TASS

GENEVA, 12 February. / TASS /. Former Secretary General of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Jérôme Valcke suspended from football activities for 12 years. This decision was made the Arbitration Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, reported on the official website of FIFA.

In September 2015 Valcke, who was FIFA 2007 Secretary General, has been suspended by FIFA’s ethics committee from football activities for 90 days . The Arbitration Committee of the Chamber of the FIFA Ethics January 6 Valcke extended suspension for 45 days, starting from January 5, and a day later opened in respect of his case on the basis of the report, which was submitted to the House Committee of Inquiry. At a meeting of the emergency committee of FIFA on 9 January of the decision to dismiss Valcke as general secretary of the organization.

According to media reports, Valcke held accomplice on charges of corruption connected with access to South Africa the right to host the World Cup 2010. Valcke also suspected that he earned about 2 million euros after the resale of tickets for the 2014 World Cup games in Brazil at a premium. The charges against the officer nominated owner of JB Marketing Benny Alon, which sells tickets for the world championship. According to him, a total of disappeared more than 8 thousand tickets to the tournament in 2014.

The investigation revealed that the company, which was engaged in sports marketing, has received undue advantage from the sale of tickets for the World Cup matches. Valcke not only did nothing to stop these activities, but even encouraged it.

Also, former Secretary General of FIFA traveled through the organization just to see the sights and chose private jets for his trips instead ordinary commercial flights without any reason to do so from a business point of view.

in addition, it became clear that Valcke tried to provide TV and media rights for the world championships 2018 and 2022 in the Caribbean to a third party for a sum much lower than the market value and the specific preparatory measures taken in this regard. Valcke also deliberately tried to obstruct the ongoing investigation of the case against him, trying to delete multiple files and folders that are relevant to the investigation.

As a result, Valcke was found guilty of violating seven-point code of the FIFA ethics, including violation of the general rules behavior, rules of confidentiality, loyalty, conflict of interest and other. he was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs.